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‘Building assets’ helps students steer clear of dangerous options

Comstock Park Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Through programs like the Panthers PACK, students find purpose and engagement at school.

Art & writing competition winners share work

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The high-school winners of the “I Belong, I Matter” writing and art competition share their perspectives on what it means to belong and matter.

Sparking success: welding in virtual reality

Northview School News Network

Ever heard of simulated welding? Thanks to some new equipment, it’s now a reality at Northview Next Career Center, and one student tested it out to write about the experience.

Destination Lake Michigan: newcomers study local watershed

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Valleywood Middle School newcomer students develop science, social studies and English skills while studying the watershed and learning the path to Lake Michigan.

‘Student involvement, teacher involvement – directly related’

All Districts Erin Albanese

How can teaching be a more attractive profession so students can learn better? High schoolers consider the question.

Multiracial Black Student Alliance celebrates ‘spreading culture and diversity’

Podcasts Charles Honey

City High Middle School’s Black Student Alliance celebrates Black culture all year long and encourages fellow students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to do the same.

Is AI helping you learn, or just making you lazier?

All Districts Charles Honey

Artificial intelligence, better known as AI, is now everywhere all the time. We ask our student roundtable: Is this entirely a good thing?

Student reporter looks into impact of school lockdowns

Student Voices School News Network

Falcon News Network reporter Juliette Islas takes a look at what goes into calling a lockdown and how they impact students.

Vietnamese students write family narratives, contribute to local history

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Vietnamese students from East Kentwood interviewed their family members. Those immigration stories will become local and national resources.

Are you feeling the effects of political polarization at your school?

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell

Do high-schoolers feel today’s political tensions in their everyday lives? Is an underlying climate of divisiveness affecting their school experiences at all?

What’s in a name? Podcast explores nuances of America

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell

America (the girl) sits down to talk about what makes America (the country) both beautiful and complicated.

Commentary: Are teachers really appreciated, or under ‘anti-woke’ attack?

All Districts Charles Honey

Teacher Appreciation Week should be a celebration of our children’s best instructors, but federal DEI ultimatums tied to funding are threatening their academic freedom and support for disadvantaged students.

High-schoolers: Do you feel safe at school?

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell

Do today’s high-schoolers feel safe in school? Is that possible in this era of regular headline-making acts of violence in school settings?

District initiative designed to create sense of belonging

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

While only started a few months ago, students say the “I Belong, I Matter” program has had a positive impact. It was created based on results of last year’s student survey on belonging.

How hard is it to balance police work with social media’s influence?

Kentwood School News Network

East Kentwood student reporter Jasmine Smithers explores local police officer training

How much do mental-health stressors complicate the high-school experience?

All Districts Charles Honey

How big of an issue is mental health in high school? Our student panelists weigh in on the pressures they face, including college costs and the need to be successful.

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With a focus on artivism, teacher encourages self-expression

Young leaders find their place at the table on student council

With striking commitment, he leads percussionists to find ‘genuine joy’

Young bowler’s future is all strikes and spares

Taking math from the classroom to the court

STEM rocket project launches students into summer

Book Bus keeps reading skills sharp during the summer

Creating music, building relationships with ‘magical’ students

‘Building assets’ helps students steer clear of dangerous options

Art & writing competition winners share work

Sparking success: welding in virtual reality

Destination Lake Michigan: newcomers study local watershed

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